Paul McCartney’s mother Mary dies
Mary Patricia McCartney, the mother of Michael and Paul McCartney, died on 31 October 1956 at the age of 47.
John Lennon’s 16th birthday
The rock ‘n’ roll fanatic John Lennon used his 16th birthday money to buy two much-prized 78rpm records.
Paul McCartney is given a trumpet for his 14th birthday
Keen for his son to follow his interest in music, Jim McCartney bought his son Paul a trumpet for his 14th birthday.
Maureen Cox is born
Maureen Cox, the future first wife of Ringo Starr, was born Mary Cox on 4 August 1946 in Liverpool.
Jane Asher is born
Jane Asher, who was in a relationship with Paul McCartney between 1963 and 1968, was born on 5 April 1946 in Willesden, north London.
John Lennon’s half-sister Victoria is born
While her husband Alf was away at sea, Julia Lennon lived with their son John at the Dairy Cottage, 120a Allerton Road in Woolton, Liverpool. The cottage was owned …
Pattie Boyd is born
Pattie Boyd, the future first wife of George Harrison, was born on 17 March 1944.
George Harrison is born
George Harrison was born on 25 February 1943 in a tiny ‘two up, two down’ house on Arnold Grove, a cul-de-sac in the Wavertree area of Liverpool.
Paul McCartney is born
Paul McCartney was born on 18 June 1942.
Pete Best is born
Pete Best was born Randolph Peter Best on 24 November 1941 in Madras, India.
Linda Eastman is born
Linda Louise Eastman, the future first wife of Paul McCartney, was born in New York City on 24 September 1941.
Jim McCartney marries Mary Mohin
Fourteen months before the birth of their eldest son Paul, James McCartney married Mary Mohin in Liverpool, England.
John Lennon is born
John Winston Lennon was born on 9 October 1940 in the Liverpool Maternity Hospital, Oxford Street, Liverpool, to Julia Lennon (née Stanley) and Alfred “Freddie” Lennon.
Ringo Starr is born
Ringo Starr was born Richard Starkey on 7 July 1940, at 9 Madryn Street in the Dingle area of Liverpool.
Stuart Sutcliffe is born
The Beatles’ future bassist Stuart Fergusson Victor Sutcliffe was born on 23 June 1940 at the Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland, which was incorporated into the …
Cynthia Lennon is born
Cynthia Lennon, the first wife of John Lennon, was born on 10 September 1939.
Julia Stanley marries Alfred Lennon
Julia Stanley had first met Alf Lennon in 1928. Although her family disapproved of the sharp-talking sailor, they courted throughout the 1930s and finally married on 3 December 1938.
Brian Epstein is born
The man who became The Beatles’ manager, Brian Epstein, was born on 19 September 1934.
Yoko Ono is born
Yoko Ono was born on 18 February 1933 in Tokyo, Japan. Her mother was Isoko Ono, the granddaughter of Zenjiro Yasuda of the Yasuda banking family, and her father …
George Martin is born
George Martin, the man who played a vital role in shaping The Beatles’ recorded music, was born in Holloway, London, on 3 January 1926.